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The Coastland Times
Manteo, Dare County, North Carolina
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Lester B. Ballance, boatswain's mate second class from Hatteras, qualified as an assault boat coxswain among 90 men at the Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Va., conducted by the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force.
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Little Creek, Va. (FHTNC)- Lester B. Ballance, boatswain's mate second class, USN, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ballance of Hatteras, was among the 90 men qualified as assault boat coxswains in a course conducted at the Naval Amphibious Base, by the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force.
The new coxswains will be attached to Boat Unit 2, a large detachment which provides small landing craft and crews for amphibious landings. This unit is normally based at Little Creek, but can be embarked aboard landing ships, attack transports or attack cargo ships for maneuvers or actual landings.
In order to qualify as an assault boat coxswain, candidates must be able to pilot boats up to 28 tons through surf onto beachheads. The largest landing craft the coxswains are taught to maneuver can carry 25-ton tanks or 120 combat-equipped foot soldiers.
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Little Creek, Va.
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lester b. ballance qualified as an assault boat coxswain among 90 men; will be attached to boat unit 2.
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Lester B. Ballance, boatswain's mate second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ballance of Hatteras, qualified in a course at the Naval Amphibious Base conducted by the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force. The course teaches piloting boats up to 28 tons through surf onto beachheads, with largest craft carrying 25-ton tanks or 120 combat-equipped foot soldiers. New coxswains attach to Boat Unit 2 for amphibious landings, based at Little Creek but deployable on ships.